"Sony's DCR-TRV820E is big, for a hand-held camcorder. It measures 112mm wide by 121mm high by 218mm long (4.4 by 4.75 by 8.6 inches). And it weighs a relatively elephantine 1.3 kilos, with no battery and no tape.
Nowadays, you can get digital camcorders that look like a compact 35mm camera turned sideways with a little lens stuck on the end.
So why should you pay $AUD2,949 (US MSRP $US1399) for this relatively bloated one?
'Cos it's got features, baby. Lots of features. Big steaming piles of 'em. And one of them's, well, unique."